Applied Final Project- "Your Lot in Life" Assignment (40%) You will be writing a paper about one of these scenarios.

Applied Final Project- "Your Lot in Life" Assignment (40%)

You will be writing a paper about one of these scenarios.

Your 12-year-old step-daughter tells you that you are not her real mother (or father) and can't tell her what to do.

Part 1: Selection of Topic and Annotated Bibliography (10%)

Choose one of the Lot of Life scenarios.

Sources of Information: Searching the University of Maryland (or comparable) library databases, find at least 5 primary, scholarly sources of information that describe theoretical perspectives and/or report up-to-date research findings related to your selected scenario for the Applied Final Project.

Your 5 sources of information should be drawn from full-text, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last five years; books authored by theorists studied in this course (books written by theorists may be published prior to the last 5 years) and researchers, and government bulletins reporting up-to-date statistics and census information.

Annotated Bibliography: An annotated bibliography which includes each source of information (written in APA, 6th edition, style), followed by a brief (about t w o - f o u r sentences) description of its contents and application to your selected scenario.